Today, I am reviewing Hexennacht’s Baltic Amber oil perfume. I bought a 1 ml sample decant from Ajevie as Hexennacht only sells larger sizes. It cost me around $4 USD. I like trying out Hex’s stuff because the 5 ml rollerballs are $14 which is super cheap. The longevity on the perfumes have also been pretty long for me but it may depend on the kind of fragrance. I suspect this one is very base note heavy naturally so it makes sense that the smell stays for long. 

Notes: thick rivulets of golden amber, pinus succinifera, cedarwood, jammy fir absolute, oakmoss absolute, tree moss, verdant musk, cardamom, balsam, lightning-scorched ancient boughs

The oil is a nice golden color. There is definitely a lot of natural resins in this! I can see from the ingredients that there is a lot of powerful, base note material. The amber, fir absolute, oakmoss, and cardamom are all super strong ingredients. I can definitely pick out labdanum (which I LOVE) and resins in general with a smoothness from vanilla. This is the amber portion. I can pick up the pine and fir but it is definitely a lot fainter than the amber. I think I am good with that because it doesn’t come off as acrid or as pine cleaning solution, it’s just a nice natural tree smell. Like I’m in the woods with pine and fir and they have globs of amber sap on them. I don’t get any cardamom but I didn’t expect to smell that. I also skipped the lightning-scorched part, and I was picking up on some very faint very well done smoke. I hate when smoke overtakes a scent and I am so glad it doesn’t here. This has a yummy leafy smokiness that I also get in Mephistopheles, which I do have a rollerball of. Hexennacht does a really good job of making beautiful, realistic forest scents that don’t get artificial or cologne-y. It’s also in a style that I really like, not gourmand, just kinda gender-neutral forest scents, sometimes with smoky elements, and sometimes with natural plant oils. Their lavender is also a note I enjoy, it leans very green and camphorous, not soapy. 

I will say that this scent did not change at all for me, it stayed consistent. I wore this all day at work and I can definitely still smell it on my arm and it was still amber and a bit of pine. I don’t think this scent projects too well but I wonder if it would be better if I had a rollerball so I can apply more. I think I will probably get a larger size at some point.